A deleted tweet from Rose McGowan has made Meryl Streep send out a statement about the Harvey Weinstein scandal. After being called out as a hypocrite for deciding to wearing black to the Academy Awards in solidarity with women, Meryl Streep finally put out a statement as an actor who formerly worked with Harvey Weinstein.
“Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @goldenglobes in a silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real chance. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.”Rose McGowan, Actor
To this, Meryl responded:
“It hurt to be attacked by Rose McGowan in banner headlines this weekend, but I want to let her know I did not know about Weinstein’s crimes, not in the 90s when he attacked her, or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. I wasn’t deliberately silent. I didn’t know. I don’t tacitly approve of rape. I didn’t know. I don’t like young women being assaulted. I didn’t know this was happening.”Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada actor then went on to explain as to why she wasn’t privy to Weinstein’s alleged sinister activities, citing that he needed her professional relationship much more than she required him.
Harvey (Weinstein) needed us not to know this, because our association with him bought him credibility, an ability to lure young, aspiring women into circumstances where they would be hurt. He needed me much more than I needed him and he made sure I didn’t know. Apparently, he hired ex-Mossad operators to protect this information from becoming public.Meryl Streep
(Source: Telegraph)
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